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Twm Siôn Cati neu
Thomas Jones o Dregaron
Ganed Thomas Jones ym Mhorth y Ffynnon
Tregaron, yn y flwyddyn 1530. Roedd yn fab
naturiol i Siôn ap Dafydd ap Madog ap Hywel
Moethau. Catherine oedd enw ei fam, un o
ferched naturiol Maredydd ap Ieuan ap
Robert. Priododd ei deulu â'r teulu Herbert, y
teulu Vaughan o Tyle-Glas a'r teulu Clement,
Arglwyddi Caron. Dengys y dystiolaeth
hanesyddol ei fod yn Ynad Heddwch ac yn
fawr ei barch fel hynafiaethydd, achydd a
bardd.
Yn ôl traddodiad, cysylltir ei enw â'r herwr,
Twm Siôn Cati, lleidr a dihiryn a dderbyniodd
bardwn oddi wrth Elizabeth I yn 1559. Wedi
hynny bu Twm Siôn Cati, neu Thomas Jones,
yn byw bywyd cymharol barchus hyd ei
farwolaeth yn 1609.
© Margaret Isaac awdures Twm Siôn Cati alias
Thomas Jones of Tregaron(2009)
Dymuna Cymdeithas Twm Siôn
Cati ddiolch i Gronfa
Dreftadaeth Y Loteri am
ariannu’r bamffled yma.
Cymdeithas Twm Siôn Cati
1530-1609
Cerrig o’r Porth y Ffynnon
gwreiddiol a ddarganfu-
wyd yn yr adfeilion wedi i’r
tŷ ddymchwel yn 1894
Heddiw saif adeilad
newydd ger man geni Twm,
ac yntau’n dwyn yr un enw
â’r adeilad gwreiddiol,
Porth y Ffynnon.
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Yn 2009, trefnodd Cymdeithas Twm Siôn Cati
wledd o weithgareddau er mwyn coffau
marwolaeth Thomas Jones o Dregaron, a daeth y
byd ynghyd i gyfrannu at y gweithgareddau hyn.
Mae cyfle i chi weld lluniau o
ddigwyddiadau 2009 a gwybodaeth
pellach ar wefan y gymdeithas.
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Gan edrych i’r dyfodol, bwriad Cymdeithas Twm
Siôn Cati yw:-
• Cefnogi diwrnod swyddogol Twm bob mis
Mai
• Cefnogi sefydlu Taith Tref Twm
• Cynnig gwobr blynyddol yn enw Twm i’r
Ysgol Gynradd leol
Twm Siôn CatiTwm Siôn CatiTwm Siôn CatiTwm Siôn Cati ‘Hiding in the Cambrian Mountains’
Twm Siôn Cati or
Thomas Jones of Tregaron
Born in 1530 at Fountain Gate, in Tregaron,
Thomas Jones was the natural son of Siôn ap
Dafydd ap Madog ap Hywel Moethau. His
mother was Catherine, a natural daughter of
Maredydd ap Ieuan ap Robert. His family
intermarried with the Herberts, the Vaughans
of Tyle-Glas and the Clements, Lords of Caron.
Historical evidence records Thomas Jones as a
Justice of the Peace, who was also a well
respected antiquary, genealogist and poet.
There is a tradition which links this historical
character with a daring outlaw, Twm Siôn Cati,
a thief and a rascal who received a pardon from
Elizabeth I under a general amnesty in 1559.
Thereafter Twm Siôn Cati alias Thomas Jones
lived a life of comparative respectability until
he died in 1609.
© Margaret Isaac author of Twm Siôn Cati alias
Thomas Jones of Tregaron(2009)
www.twmsioncati.co.uk
Stones from the original
Porth y Ffynnon found
when the house fell to
ruins in 1894.
Today a new building stands
close to the original
Porth y Ffynnon and this too
bears the same name as the
house where Twm lived.
In 2009, the Twm Siôn Cati Society organised a
feast of activities to commemorate the death of
Thomas Jones of Tregaron, and people from all
over the world participated in these events.
To view photographs of the 2009
anniversary year events and find out more,
visit the website.
www.twmsioncati.co.uk
1530-1609
The Twm Siôn Cati Society
would like to acknowledge the
support of the Heritage Lottery
Fund in producing this
pamphlet. Cymdeithas Twm Siôn Cati
www.twmsioncati.co.uk
Looking to the future, the Twm Siôn Cati Society
aims to:-
• Support an annual Twm day, every May
• Support the Twm’s Town Trail
• Support an annual Twm prize in the local
Primary School
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